When you travel though forests in the world of Final Fantasy IX, you will not only have random encounters
or some friendly monsters, but also a completely unique creature: the Ragtime Mouse. This is a giant red mouse
who will ask you 16 questions that will each award you with a certain amount of Gil. If you answer all of the
16 questions correctly, the Ragtime Mouse will challenge you to a battle. If you win that battle, you will
receive a special item.

Questions

Question

Explanation

Attack

The 15th war of Lindblum broke out in 1600.

The 15th war began in 1601. See the statue of the three Pluto Knights in Alexandria
Square.

X

Chocobo's Forest is located between Lindblum and South Gate

Yep. Hang a right at the Dragon's Gate and keep going straight for a bit to find
this forest sitting right in front of South Gate.

O

"I want to be your canary" was written by Lord Afon.

No, it was written by Lord Avon.

X

The Prima Vista theater ship was built in Artania Shipyards

No, it was built in Zebolt Dockyards (in Lindblum). More information on the Prima
Vista can be found in the very first room in the game, where Zidane lights his candle.

X

Fossil Roo joins Treno and Alexandria

No, Gargan Roo does.

X

The Air Cab in Lindblum runs 24 hours a day.

Yes. Read the sign in the air cab station.

O

The Burkmeia Cable Cares were built 87 years ago.

Yes. Ask a man at summit station and he'll explain.

O

The Open Cafe at Treno is for members only.

-

O

Lindblum Castle is larger than Alexandria Castle.

Considerably. Alexandria is a castle town, while Lindblum is a bastide.

O

Some Mu's are friendly and do not attack.

There is a Friendly Monster that is a Mu, so yes.

O

Theater Ship Prima Vista uses Mist as its source of energy.

-

O

Conde Petie is a home for goblins.

No, it's home to the dwarves.

X

There is only one desert in the world.

No, there are two: the one Cleyra is in (Vube Desert) and the one the Desert Palace
is in (Kierra Desert).

X

Bobo-Dori is famous for being a bird which gives you wealth.

No, it is said to give you happiness.

X

Prima Vista means "Love at first sight."

No, it means "first sight."

X

You can beat me, Ragtime Mouse.

Yep. Attack the "O" and battle will begin.

O

Gil Rewards

Every time you answer one of Ragtime Mouse's questions correctly, you'll be given a Gil reward. The more you
have answered correctly, the more Gil you will receive as a reward.

Refer to the following table to see the rewards in Gil per answer you have answered correctly.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1.000

1.000

1.000

2.000

2.000

3.000

3.000

4.000

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

4.000

5.000

5.000

6.000

6.000

7.000

7.000

10.000

Ragtime Mouse Rules

When you are prompted with a question, you have 20 seconds to answer. If you do not answer within the 20
seconds, you are considered wrong.

Ragtime Mouse will escape when you use Magic on it, or attack it.

How to beat Ragtime Mouse:

If you inflict 9.999, it will escape.

If you use Odin, it will guard and escape.

If you use Lvl-5 Death, the spell will miss and he will escape.

The only way to beat Ragtime Mouse is to answer all the questions correctly!

Rewards

After beating Ragtime Mouse, you receive a fairly good reward:

EXP: 5963
AP: 0
Items: Protect Ring
Gil: 5963

If you fail to answer one or more questions correctly, you will only receive the Protect Ring.